Listening Exercises - Intermediate Level
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Here Is The News
Description: Brief bulletin of world news on the radio.
Language: Use of present perfect to describe recent events.
Dialect: British English | Length: 3m 01s | Exercise Number: 3L8
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Listening Quiz 1 - Here Is The News
Listening Quiz 2 - Here Is The News 2 * NEW! *
The Room-Mates
Description: Two friends discuss some problems they are having living together in the apartment.
Language: Use of should/shouldn't to express obligation politely.
Dialect: North American English | Length: 2m 31s | Exercise Number: 3L9
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Listening Quiz 1 - The Room-Mates
Listening Quiz 2 - The Room-Mates 2
Democracy In Action
Description: A politician speaks to a potential voter on the doorstep.
Language: Politics vocabulary, going to for future intentions.
Dialect: North American English | Length: 2m 24s | Exercise Number: 3L10
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Listening Quiz 1 - Democracy In Action
Listening Quiz 2 - Democracy In Action 2 * NEW! *
Eavesdropping
Description: What are these people talking about? It's not very clear, is it?
Language: Mix of past, present and future tenses among the mini-dialogues. Subjects of conversations never made explicit.
Dialect: North American & British English | Length: 2m 55s | Exercise Number: 3L11
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Listening Quiz 1 - Eavesdropping
Listening Quiz 2 - Eavesdropping
The Island Of Vanuatu
Description: Presentation of facts and figures about Vanuatu by single speaker, island nation in the Pacific.
Language: Dense load of statistical data: numbers, dates, etc. Good for practice of listening for specific information.
Dialect: North American | Length: 4m 41s | Exercise Number: 3L12
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Listening Quiz 1 - The Island Of Vanuatu
Listening Quiz 2 - The Island Of Vanuatu 2
Global Change
Description: Two friends discuss environmental issues.
Language: Environmental vocabulary & expressions.
Dialect: North American English | Length: 5m 51s | Exercise Number: 3L13
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Listening Quiz 1 - Global Change
Listening Quiz 2 - Global Change 2
